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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
The situation
was even
sadder because
a vaccine that
could prevent
people from
getting polio
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Vol. 31, No. 44
You may have seen the
Rotary International emblem
in your town. Nearly every
co
community
has a Rotary
Clu with members that are
Club
d
dedicated
to serving the
com
community.
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t emblems below. The
at the
two that are exactly alike are
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Rotary’s
official emblem.
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ago, a do 30 years
ctor in th
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Philippin
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Dr. Benn
was very y Santos
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orth America don’t know what
w
polio is
kids in North
because there have
ave been no new cases here
e for decades. That is because
of the polio vaccine. Polio is an illness that t can lead to paralysis of your
use death.
spine and or/limbs and can sometimes cause
*As of the writing of this page, researchers were determining
if Nigeria has been polio free for one year. If it has, then
Nigeria will be removed from the list of countries with polio.
Keep a look out for news about this.
Healthcare workers
travel from village to
village to make sure
they reach all children
with the polio vaccine
Photos courtesy Rotary International
Can you number the parts s
of this story
ory in
the correct
ct
essful
was so succ
It
order?
that Rotary
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
People in India celebrating their
country’s four years since their last
case of polio.
Rotarians have a short test with only four questions. Use the code
to discover the four questions Rotarians ask themselves about
everything they say or do.
Look through the
newspaper for
examples of three
people helping
others. Cut out their
pictures and/or
names and glue them
to a piece of paper.
Write one to three
sentences about how
these people are
helping others.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
If everyone asked themselves these four questions before they said
or did something, how would it make the world a better place?
VACCINATE
PROBLEMS
DISEASE
VILLAGE
ROTARY
POLIO
INDIA
SPINE
CASES
UPSET
CLASS
KIDS
IDEA
GOAL
LIFE
ANSWER: A & D.
In 1988, when the Global Polio Eradication effort began,
there were 350,000 cases of polio each year – about 1,000
cases a day. To find out how many there have been so far
this year, color in the spaces with two dots.
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I M M U K O D N
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D N
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L E Y E D A S L D A
L L E R E E E O C S
DECADE
A B G F A N A P L E
The noun decade means
a period of ten years.
G O I
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T N A A S
E R E P S L O T S
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U P S E T G O R S L
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It has been a decade
since we had flooding
in the area.
Try to use the word decade
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Rotary in your town?
Look through the newspaper to see if you can
you find any examples of Rotarians at work in
your community. If not, find an example of a
community volunteer. Find a way to write and
send that person a thank you letter.
ANSWER: Fall.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Tell about a time you were
tempted to lie but had the
courage to tell the truth.
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